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TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER TWO ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 11:00 AM ON MONDAY, 29TH JUNE 2015.

A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE IS CURRENT FOR ALL PROVINCES.

AT 5:00 AM THIS MORNING, A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1005 HECTOPASCALS WAS LOCATED NEAR 4.4 DEGREES LATITUDE SOUTH AND 163.4 DEGREES LONGITUDE EAST AND THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 281 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF MALAITA ISLAND.

THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST AT 08 KNOTS, WITH FURTHER INTENSIFICATION WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.

EXPECT NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS OF 30 KNOTS TO DEVELOP OVER MOST PROVINCES AND ISLANDS.

SEAS WILL BE MODERATE TO ROUGH WITH MODERATE SWELLS AND COASTAL FLOODING WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AS BAD WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION POSES THREATS TO LIVES AND PROPERTIES.

PLEASE LISTEN TO ALL RADIO OUTLETS FOR FURTHER ADVICES.

THE NEXT ADVICE WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 PM THIS EVENING.

DATE: 29TH JUNE 2015.

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